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Fast and furious: America Fantastica, by Tim O’Brien, reviewed

As the avalanche of lies issuing from the White House morphs into the pandemic, Covid becomes in an engine of justice in this rollicking satire on Trumpworld

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  • America Fantastica

    Tim O’Brien

    Mariner Books, pp. 464, £20

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